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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=jemalloc
+PKG_VERSION:=5.3.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/archive/refs/tags/
+PKG_SOURCE_URL_FILE:=$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_HASH:=ef6f74fd45e95ee4ef7f9e19ebe5b075ca6b7fbe0140612b2a161abafb7ee179
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libjemalloc
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Jemalloc general purpose allocator
+  URL:=https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc
+  DEPENDS:= +libunwind +libstdcpp
+  ABI_VERSION:=2
+endef
+
+define Package/libjemalloc/Description
+  Jemalloc is a general purpose malloc(3) implementation that emphasizes
+  fragmentation avoidance and scalable concurrency support.
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--disable-static \
+	--enable-prof \
+	--enable-prof-libunwind \
+	--enable-readlinkat
+
+MAKE_FLAGS += enable_doc=0
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib/libjemalloc.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/jemalloc
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/jemalloc/*.h $(1)/usr/include/jemalloc
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/jemalloc.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libjemalloc/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib/libjemalloc.so.$(ABI_VERSION) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(LN) libjemalloc.so.$(ABI_VERSION) $(1)/usr/lib/libjemalloc.so
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/bin/{jemalloc-config,jemalloc.sh,jeprof} $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libjemalloc))